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Portland is the #1 NBA city because the fans have nothing else to do except hike and watch basketball
I actually, along those same lines, I went Portland. Especially with the old Jailblazers. Those guys used to have a real good time out there. I think Portland has some of the best fans... That's because they're homeless, so they don't have anywhere else to go. No one in Portland has a job. They move around from bookstore to food truck to Trailblazers games.
Homer Simpson is the greatest sitcom dad of all time because every man aspires to live like him
Number one, I have Homer Simpson. That's a no-brainer. We all grew up idolizing Homer. In fact, every man's life is spent getting to a place where he can just live his life like Homer Simpson. Every man's dream. How'd you know I wanted to always dress in a muumuu?
Mike Brady is a beta male for raising kids that aren't his
Mike Brady [is] raising somebody else's kids. He's got to pay for all their education and their trips to Disney World. Those weren't even his kids. He's not a real man. He's a beta male. He's stuck paying for an alpha male's problem.
Alan Thicke is a top-four sitcom dad because he launched Leonardo DiCaprio's career
My fourth and final pick: The late, great Alan Thicke, Growing Pains. Iconic, launched the career of the biggest movie star and the consummate stick man, Leonardo DiCaprio. Alan Thicke rounds off my top four of sitcom dads.
Michael Jordan is the GOAT
Michael Jordan. The GOAT.
LeBron James is still fighting his inevitable baldness but will eventually have to give in
See, [LeBron] is fighting it. He's really still fighting it. Eventually, he'll come home, but he's putting up the good fight.
I would rather get attacked by a dog than fly on Spirit or Allegiant Air
Spirit and Allegiant Air, I would rather get attacked by a dog than fly on any one of those airlines.
I would rather move across the country to keep my current cable provider than move down the street and have to change it
I'd rather pick up all my stuff and move across country if I could keep my cable providers than move down the street if I had to change them.
Cell phone and cable companies are the best businesses because customers are ignorant but need the product
There are two businesses that you really should be in... the cell phone business and in the cable business. Because when you are in a business where the customers don't understand what it's all about, what the bills are all about, but they need it, what better business could that be?
Apple purposefully sells iPhone chargers that break so you have to buy more
My number one [minor inconvenience] is buying iPhone chargers from, like, a gas station, and then when you plug them in, they just don't work... [Steve Jobs] basically has made a charger that cannot be duplicated... They have chargers that you can charge your iPhone once and it's just charged forever. They just won't sell them to us.
The 'full sock overhaul' is a life-changing hack where you throw out all socks and buy 60 identical pairs
I did this a couple years ago. It changed my entire life... I called it a full sock overhaul. And I threw out all my socks, and I went and I bought the exact same pair of socks. I bought like 60 of them. So that way you can never actually lose one.
Elon Musk should stop trying to get to Mars and focus on giving us retina credit cards
Elon Musk, if you're listening to this and we know you are, quit trying to get to Mars, you fucking nerd. Just give us retina credit cards.
We should bring back shoplifting until credit card machines are streamlined
I'm going to bring back shoplifting. Just stealing from gas stations. Until they figure themselves out. I don't want to wait in line to pay for something. Martial law.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is the most overrated thing in the world
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is the most overrated thing in the entire world. Even more overrated than the show Friends. It is the worst. I hate it.
Drinking a Bloody Mary after 3 p.m. should be a punishable offense
I think if you drink a Bloody Mary after 3 p.m., you should probably be arrested or shot or something.
Bristol, Connecticut is the worst city in the United States
Bristol, Connecticut. I'm not saying that because of ESPN. I'm saying that because I've actually been to Bristol. If you look at TripAdvisor's top ten things to do in Bristol... one is a water park... and then three out of the other top four are like a museum of clocks. A clock museum... And then another one is the Museum of Fire.
Arkansas is one of the worst states in the country
And then the very last one, I'm going to go with the state of Arkansas... I feel like everywhere Brett Bielema goes, the bubble around his body is sovereign land. He's not a part of any state.
Starkville, Mississippi is one of the worst cities in America
Starkville, Mississippi. We went in the Dixie tour... I'm sure [Stingray Steve] agrees with me because literally all there is is a strip of fast food restaurants. Like, that's their nightlife. Bars closed at 12. We showed up there, and everyone on our bus got pink eye.
Las Vegas is a terrible city after the first 36 hours
Las Vegas. I fucking hate Las Vegas. Las Vegas is a great city to visit the first time you visit for the first day and a half that you're here. And then you realize that it's basically a mix of New Year's Eve and a cruise ship. And no one wants to be on either of those things.
Pigs in a blanket are the best finger food and appetizer available
I also think that pigs in a blanket get a bad rap. I think people try to be really classy at their weddings these days and they don't do pigs in a blanket. We need to like rebrand pigs in a blanket to bring them back because they're the best finger food and appetizer out there.
Crab cakes are better with 75% filler rather than lump meat
I like the filler. ... Exactly. I want 75% filler in my crab cakes. ... Have you ever tried to eat like a 95% crab meat crab cake? Oh, it's disgusting. It's like eating a can of tuna fish.
90% of Spanakopita is inedible because it's too dry
Spanakopita can be really, really dry. Like 90% of the time, it's almost inedible because it's super dry.
Mussels are officially a finger food
Mussels. Does that count? Finger food. ... I love mussels. ... And I eat them with my finger. ... I always eat mussels just with my fingers.
Bruce Arians should win a Super Bowl in Arizona and then return to Pittsburgh to win another with Ben Roethlisberger
I want him [Bruce Arians] to win a Super Bowl. I want him to win three. Actually, I want him to win one with Arizona and then go back to Pittsburgh and win one there with Big Ben.
Christian Ponder has the perfect look of a really good backup quarterback.
I would say that Christian Ponder has the look of a really good backup quarterback. Every good starting quarterback has a little something weird about him. But Ponder is just like, he's a good looking guy. He's just kind of, he's neutral. He's got some muscles. Like you said, he looks good in shorts and a t-shirt. Absolutely. He looks good.
Kyle Orton belongs on the Mount Rushmore of backup quarterbacks.
Kyle Orton, come on. Of course.
Josh McCown is the perfect backup quarterback
Josh McCown is the perfect backup quarterback. Because he doesn't rock the boat. He's just good enough to maybe show a little flash here and there. But then if you have to have him play more than a couple games, you're like, okay. He looks good in a set of front pleated khakis.
Jeff Garcia is the quintessential emergency backup quarterback
Jeff Garcia. Oh, man. Dude, he was one of those guys where if your quarterback got injured in the preseason – It could be like five years after Garcia retired. You're going to make a call to Garcia's agent. He's a name that should get thrown around a lot more.
The years AD 614 to 911 did not actually happen
The phantom time hypothesis. So there are a bunch of people out there that truly believe that the years AD 614 to 911 didn't happen... They were all made up by the church. So like that's 300 years of human history that we just were taught about, but they don't happen.
Stevie Wonder isn't actually blind
Stevie Wonder isn't blind. Have you seen some of the clips out there? He catches microphones that are falling down. Like he's pointing at people. He's a blind guy that points. They do not point. Stevie Wonder is not blind. Look it up.
Wisconsin threw the 2014 Big Ten Championship game so Ohio State could make the College Football Playoff
Wisconsin threw the 2014 Big Ten championship game 59-0 so that Ohio State could go to the national championship game... Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin AD, sits on the selection committee... He knew, hey, listen, if we're going to get the Big Ten into the national championship, they've got to put a whooping down. Hey, Wisconsin – Go ahead and roll over. 59-0. Let's make it a bloodbath.
ChapStick is a myth that creates its own dependency
I think ChapStick's a myth, too. Like, I don't believe in ChapStick. I've never put on ChapStick one time in my life, and I've never thought I needed ChapStick. But once you start using it, then your mind tells you, I need more ChapStick.
LaRon Landry is the number one steroid user because he is 'half Hulk.'
Number one [steroid user], I got LaRon Landry. Oh, you're going outside of baseball. Okay. There were a couple pictures of LaRon where it was like, this dude is half Hulk.
Cal Ripken Jr. probably used a lot of steroids.
Mount Rushmore of steroid users. Cal Ripken Jr. He's number one. People didn't know that. Probably used a lot of steroids.
Mark McGwire is the top steroid user, and his 1998 home run title should have belonged to Sammy Sosa.
I got Mark McGwire. It's a shame what he did to Sammy Sosa that season because that should have been Sammy's home run title. So Mark McGwire is my number one.
Mayonnaise is a great condiment that needs to be destigmatized.
Mayo doesn't get enough respect... If there's one thing I want to bring back in this world, it's the destigmatization... it's that mayo is a great condiment and people should not be ashamed to use it.
Queso and guacamole both qualify as sauces or condiments.
Number two, queso. Oh, man, that's cheating... obviously queso. No, it's also a condiment. You can put queso on a steak... you can put queso on a sandwich. Number three is salsa. Number three is guacamole. You can get it on a sub.
The planet would be better off without mosquitoes
Number one, mosquitoes. I don't know what part of the ecosystem mosquitoes fits into, but you can't convince me that the planet wouldn't be better without mosquitoes.